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Measuring Corporate Alignment With the Circular Economy: a Text‐Based Circularity Index From Mandatory Non‐Financial Disclosures

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) has become a strategic priority for firms, yet empirical assessments of corporate circularity remain fragmented and heavily dependent on structured indicators or self‐reported metrics. This paper proposes a novel, text‐based circularity index derived from mandatory non‐financial statements of large ...
Giuseppe Pernagallo, Francesco Quatraro, Eleonora Rubichi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Total Physical Response in the Foreign Language Classroom [PDF]

, 2013
The following research addresses a critical question in the field of foreign language education; specifically, the research was conducted at a high school in the Spanish 2 classroom.
Buckman, Amy
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Developmental Dyslexia and Reading in Spanish as a Foreign Language

Revista Nebrija de Linguistica Aplicada a la Enseñanza de Lenguas, 2017
This paper deals with developmental dyslexia and the influence reading disabilities exert over the process of foreign language learning, placing a special emphasis on development of reading skills in Spanish as a foreign language. While trying to explain the aetiology of developmental dyslexia, one usually starts with cognitive reading processes and ...
Ćavar, Ana, Segarić, Petra
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Frugal Innovation as a Strategic Mechanism Linking Learning, International Growth Orientation, and Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how international growth orientation and organizational learning capability jointly influence frugal innovation and organizational performance. Survey data were collected from 342 manufacturing firms in Santa Catarina (Southern Brazil) and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling and multigroup ...
Júlia Quintino Sant'Ana, Giancarlo Gomes, Joaquin Alegre, Paula Gulart Munhoz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presence of music elements in teaching Spanish as a foreign language [PDF]

Nastava i Vaspitanje
This article aims to analyze the presence of musical elements as well as the importance of the use of music in the process of learning a foreign language with a focus on the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.
Maričić-Mesarović Sanja, Matović Mirjana   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating intermediate Spanish students\u27 speaking skills through a taped test: A pilot study [PDF]

, 2000
A pilot study used the Spanish Oral Proficiency Test (SOPT)-a taped oral test to evaluate oral proficiency level of students of Intermediate Spanish. Based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (1986), the Intermediate-Mid was the appropriate level of oral
Lee, Lina
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Policy and Market Mechanisms for Sustainable Finance: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable finance has emerged as a critical instrument for addressing the dual challenges of climate change and sustainable development. Nonetheless, a substantial financing gap persists, while the concept remains under‐theorized without a universally accepted definition, and empirical evidence of its effectiveness remains inconsistent and ...
Jihyung Joo, Byounguk Keum, Taewoo Roh
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging native language information for improved accented speech recognition

, 2019
Recognition of accented speech is a long-standing challenge for automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems, given the increasing worldwide population of bi-lingual speakers with English as their second language.
Ghorbani, Shahram, Hansen, John H. L.
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Do CSR Committees Moderate the Relationship Between Democratic Societies and Firm Innovation? An International Overview

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to provide evidence of the impact of civil liberties and political rights on corporate innovation, through the lens of institutional theory. Moreover, the research also analyses the moderating role of the CSR committee in the relationships between civil liberties and innovation, and political rights and innovation.
Isabel Gallego‐Álvarez, María Consuelo Pucheta‐Martínez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

La adquisición y el desarrollo lingüístico de los hablantes de herencia de español: un estudio de caso basado en la investigación-acción en el aula [PDF]

, 2013
The so-called heritage speakers of Spanish are a type of bilinguals who have been exposed to their mother tongue for a long time, but sometimes lack the necessary linguistic skills and communicative competence when compared to native speakers since they ...
Acosta Corte, A
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